Despite uncertainties and controversies on the way, the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive seems to be reaching the end of the road. This week, the Member States and the European Parliament reached an agreement on a consolidated text to be put to a vote in the two institutions. No more amendments or exclusions; there will be a yes or no vote in the coming weeks.
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This Tuesday, OFE hosted a cocktail event as part of the SaveCodeshare.eu campaign. We had inspiring interventions by GitHub, Red Hat, European DIGITAL SME Alliance and Roberto Di Cosmo at Le Grand Central in Brussels. Most importantly, however, we had an energetic audience of both open source software developers and policy wonks. In and age when digital issues are high on the political agenda, it ... [Continue Reading]